1998
Written by John Derris
Work of Various
94 pages (Hardcover), published by L&L Publishing
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
47 entries
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Peter Warlock Foreword
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John Derris Introduction
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Jack Avis, Al Koran The Cards of Pegasus initialed Joker in sealed in envelope, five cards chosen and initialed, one card is chosen, transposes with the Joker, chosen card is now in envelope
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John Derris Jack Avis short bio
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John Scarne Master Change used as a vanish; pretend load of a card into an envelope
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Jack Avis The Siva Fold bottom card
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Jack Avis The Siva Folded Card to Wallet
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Jack Avis True Grit way of dropping grains of salt on selection, as a control
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Bobby Bernard Jet Transposition three coins in each hand, coins travel from left to right hand
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John Derris Bobby Bernard short bio
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Bobby Bernard BB Drops them Again four coins through table
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Bobby Bernard The Flat Palm
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John Benzais Benzais Friction Grip
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Bobby Bernard H-E-A-V-Y sponge balls change into solid steel ball
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Bobby Bernard The Sleight
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John Derris Ted Danson short bio
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Ted Danson The Seance Card Trick mini card matching selection appears in previously empty matchbox
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The Ten-to-Twenty Force
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Ted Danson Empty Matchbox Subtlety technique to show matchbox empty; wedge mini card above drawer
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Ted Danson Give Me a Ring with three envelopes, all have a word written on them, in one is a bill
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Ted Danson It's a Date card in envelope, matches card written on birthdate in diary
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John Derris John Derris short bio
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John Derris The Monte Cristo Ring ring off wand, covered by handkerchief, wax
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John Derris One in Three finding matching cards of selection behind back
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John Derris Hockleys' Coin Vanish with a wand
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John Derris, Bob McAllister Staggering ring and rope, based on McAllister routine, magnet
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John Derris The Big Squeeze coin penetrates finger ring, with handkerchief
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John Derris Alex Elmsley short bio
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Alex Elmsley Point of Departure from sandwich to pocket
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Alex Elmsley Colour Filter four red cards are interlaced with four black cards, then wrapped in handkerchief, cards of one color penetrate silk
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Alex Elmsley Card Counting Rhyme rhyme for counting 52 cards
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Alex Elmsley No-Calc two cards are located, two numbers written down and cards found at that position
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Alex Elmsley Oyster Shells performer removes Aces from face-down deck apparently by help of special glasses, spectator wears glasses and apparently can now see marked cards which are red-backed cards in blue-backed deck, then they change into blue backed cards, sucker moment
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John Derris Arthur Holland short bio
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Arthur Holland Cut and Restored Cigarette cigarette cut into three parts, dropped in cardboard tube, restored
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John Derris Hugh Scott short bio
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Hugh Scott Fern Court Glide Bluff convincer for glide, after glide, bottom card can be shown as different card
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John Derris Tommy Vanderschmidt short bio
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Tommy Vanderschmidt Repeat Card in Hat selection travels to borrowed hat twice, ending with deck traveling to hat
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John Derris Roy Walton short bio
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Roy Walton Knifed color change, transposition, travel to pocket, multiple phase routine
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Roy Walton All Hands on Deck Joker changes into two selections, "in hands approach to Gene Finell's Free Cut principle"
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Edward Victor Jogged Glide brief
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Roy Walton The Alternative Shift Aces interlaced in Kings vanish and join fourth Ace in center of the deck
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Roy Walton The Invisible Palm performer's card is found at former position of spectator's card, selection ends up in pocket
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Replacing Palmed Cards
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John Derris, Jack Avis, Bobby Bernard, Ted Danson, Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton, Oswald Williams What Is Wrong With Magic? includes reprint of Oswald Williams essay from 1923, ramblings on magic
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär.